Happy birthday, Lydia! That is an awesome thing to do. Tell you what - donate both books for me. Which ones? Ummm.... Following the Whispers by Karen Walker and Azelea Assault by Alyse Carlton. (Hart Johnson)

Happy Birthday! I'd love for copies of Skinny by Donna Cooner and Butter by Erin Jade Lange to be donated to a library if I win! They both deal with issues of weight, body image, and acceptance, but they are very different books. I thought both were excellent and I'd love for more kids to have access to them.

A friend just recommended The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng, and it's at the top of my TBR list now. As for a book to donate ... most libraries have a dreadful dearth of Lord Peter Wimsey novels, so I'd say Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L Sayers.

Happy Birthday, Lydia! Hope you have a wonderful day, and hope that the birthday fun extends right through the weekend!

This is a fun way to celebrate, thanks for doing it. I would love to read Tamera Alexander's newest, To Whisper Her Name. I think that the library needs a copy of The Emotion Thesaurus. That way once people check it out and see what a great resource it is, they'll like it so much they'll buy their own copy. :)

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a cheerful, good writing, good doctoring day! If I win, I'd like The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. by Nicole Bernier and I'd love to see The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron go to your library...with the suggestion that folks who take it out get to keep it out for at least a month (It's a twelve week read if done correctly.)

Happy Birthday. And here's a ton of salty snacks, with a few M&Ms tossed in because I like a hint of sweet with my salty.

I just did a bookstore splurge so there's nothing special on my wish list right now. If I win, please donate my books to the library. And since it's your birthday, I think the title should be your choice.

Origin by Jessica Khoury has been hovering at the top of my "I'd do anything to read this right now" list for quite a while now... and The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen would be a wonderful addition to any library. Happy Birthday!

Finding Your Writer's Voice by Thaisa Frank might be a good one for the library to have. As for me, I'd enjoy whatever YA Urban Fantasy book you can scrounge up. Or you can just give both books to library :)

Happy Birthday!! I hope your week gets better. If not, I hope you can grab a bag of salt and vinegar chips and sprinkle on a bit more salt. Yum.

As for books, I can't think of anyone I want to read--mostly because my TBR pile is stacked so very high.

As for books to donate to a library, I'd agree with Louise and suggest Gaudy Night--I wish more young adults were introduced to Dorothy Sayers. She's amazing--and I love that she wrote the novels to earn money so she could finance her translations of Dante's Divine Comedy.

Happy birthday! Don't be stressed or sad! Be happy! Do a manatee dance! May your day be filled with salty delights and books! :)

I think Laini Taylor's next book, Day of Blood & Starlight, is probably at the top of my TBR list right now.

Since you're donating to a library, I thought I'd pick something a little less hyped - Michelle Cooper's A History of Montmaray. It's the first in a trilogy; book 3 is out next week. I loved the 1st 2 books. They're YA historical fiction set during the beginning of WWII with excellently rendered characters and great voice.

Hello Lydia-Happy birthday! How sweet of you to give away books to celebrate your special day. I'd love to own Tamara Ireland Stone's Time Between Us. And I think your library should have a copy of Jennifer R. Hubbard's The Secret Year and/or Try Not to Breathe.

If I win (and I'm crossing my fingers), can you just leave a comment on my blog somewhere to contact me?

I think you should search a blogger friend's book title on your library website, if they don't have it, give one of theirs! I like to suggest friends' books to the librarian if they don't carry it, and sometimes the library purchases it.

I'm jonesing to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Yes, I'm about a decade late, but I have to read the book before I read the movie, and I have to see the movie because Hermione is in it! ;-) If I win, please donate it to the library, because I just realized I have it on my Nook.

A book for the library? The Book Thief by Markus Zusak rocks the casbah.

Happy, happy birthday!! I'm such a birthday diva that I never forget mine. I hope you have a fun time. I'll just vote for the library book - you should definitely donate The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It's so freaking fantastic for any age person to read.

Lydia, Happy Birthday! You must really be stressed if you totally forgot your own birthday.

I like salt-n-vinegar crisps too. I'm a big fan of the kettle chip brand ones.

Have fun on the giveaway. I can't think of any books on my to be read list right now. I've got so many that I own and haven't read yet. Oh wait, that new Percy Jackson book. About the Roman pantheon. I can't remember what it's called. *sigh* I'm useless to you. But I do wish you a happy birthday! Have a piece of cake too! This week I made some cinnamon cupcakes with cinnamon flavoured fresh whipped cream. Enjoy!

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